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Use Policies

Behavior Guidelines

One of the library’s primary goals is to provide an environment conducive to researching and learning for all South College library users. The main purpose of the library is for studying, researching, and learning.

When you are in the library, please respect other users’ needs to study, research, and learn by following these guidelines:

  • Maintain quiet conversation that is not disruptive to other library users. Group study rooms are available in the library.
  • Please turn off cell phone ringers or put phones on vibrate while in the Library. Please conduct all cell phone conversations outside of the library.
  • Do not bring in or consume food in the library.
  • Beverages in plastic bottles with a secure lid are allowed in the library, but they must remain closed and stored away from sight.
  • Do not use tobacco products in the library.
  • Shouting across the room, horseplay, or engaging other users in unwanted interactions are examples of disruptive behaviors that will not be tolerated in the library.
  • Use headphones to play audio programs.
  • Take care of Library materials, equipment, and furnishings.
  • Use courteous and polite behavior at all times and in all library circumstances.
  • Respect the authority of all library staff to enforce these behavioral guidelines.
  • In addition to these library guidelines, all library users must follow South College’s Code of Conduct as outlined in the handbooks. Library users who do not comply with these library or college conduct guidelines will be asked to leave the library premises. Students who do not comply with these guidelines will be reported to the Dean of Academic Affairs.

Copyright Compliance Policy

The South College Library adheres to all applicable laws and copyright compliance standards put forth in the U.S. Copyright Act (Title 17, U.S. Code), The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998, and the Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonizing (TEACH) Act of 2002.

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproduction of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research. If reproduction of copyrighted library material is used for purposes in excess of what constitutes “fair use,” that user may be liable for copyright infringement. Infringement of another individual’s copyright is a violation of federal law and may include fines and other penalties.

According to Section 107, there are four factors used to determine fair use. Section 107 states:

“In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include:

The purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
The nature of the copyrighted work;
The amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
The effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the coprighted work.”
(17 U.S.C. § 107)

Library users should review any requests to the library concerning reproduction of material for copyright compliance. When asking librarians to reproduce content from any copyright-protected materials, library users should be able to provide evidence of copyright compliance by permissions, or evidence of a good faith determination of “fair use” compliance. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.

rev. 11/2011 mam

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